Month: April 2024

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What Next | Daily News and Analysis - TBD | America Needs More Power

The demand for electricity is surging in the U.S. With increasing amounts of power going towards artificial intelligence, manufacturing and electric vehicles, can the grid keep up?


Guest: Evan Halper, business reporter covering the energy transition for the Washington Post


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It Could Happen Here - CZM Book Club: “Transmutation” by Katherine Sparrow

Margaret reads Sophie a story of love gone wrong between a magician and an alchemist.

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The Gist - BEST OF THE GIST: Podcast Implosion Edition

In this installment of Best Of The Gist, Mike’s Thursday Spiel about the carnage at NPR and the reason for it. Then we listen back to part of Mike’s January conversation with Jeremy Hobson, host of The Middle and long-time public radio personality, about what’s going wrong at NPR. This part of the interview with Jeremy was formerly a PescaPlus extra. 

 

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Motley Fool Money - Intangible Greatness

James Rhee is the former CEO of Ashley Stewart, a professor, entrepreneur, and the author of “red helicopter―a parable for our times: lead change with kindness (plus a little math).” Mary Long caught up with Rhee for a conversation about:


- An unlikely turnaround at a retailer serving plus sized, moderate income black women.

- Being kind versus being nice.

- When liabilities can become assets and vice versa.

- Real world goodwill versus the accounting version. 


Companies mentioned: NVDA


Host: Mary Long

Guest: James Rhee

Producer: Ricky Mulvey

Engineer: Rick Engdahl

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Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - Valebol, The New Super Duo Changing The Sound Of Pop

The self-described “breeze-pop” duo is out with their debut album. VV Lightbody and Daniel Villareal have paired up to explore a genre that is out of their comfort zone. The self-titled album is wall-to-wall dancy, dreamy, and inspired. VV and Daniel join Reset to talk about the new release and a show at Thalia Hall in June. For a full archive of Reset interviews, head over to wbez.org/reset.
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The Intelligence from The Economist - The Weekend Intelligence: The man who would lead Palestine

Twenty-two years ago, Palestinian politician-turned-revolutionary Marwan Barghouti was convicted of acts of terrorism and sentenced to spend the rest of his life in an Israeli prison. Now, there’s a chance he could be released. Barghouti is at the top of Hamas’s list of prisoners they want exchanged for the hostages they took on October 7th. And Palestinians overwhelmingly want him to lead them. The Economist's Nicolas Pelham asks who is Marwan Barghouti and could he be the man who will lead Palestine?


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CoinDesk Podcast Network - FIRST MOVER: How Buenos Aires Is Bringing Its Citizens On-Chain

Diego Fernández, Secretary of Innovation and Digital Transformation of Buenos Aires, breaks down the QuarkID project and the significance of digital identity.

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Buenos Aires' Secretary of Innovation and Digital Transformation Diego Fernández joins "First Mover" to discuss how QuarkID simplifies the process of accessing and verifying personal documents for citizens. Plus, insights on the role zero-knowledge technology plays in the development of digital identity.

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